Question on Opium Use Tied to Teetotalism Inquiry
Isaac Doxsey secretary of the National Temperance Society asks readers for verified facts on whether opium consumption rises with temperance reform and if opium use increases in any district, requesting authenticated information for publication and urging truth over rumor. This 1860 correspondence seeks data, names and addresses to shed light on the purported link between teetotalism and opium use.
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Dean Six
Anne
Isaac Doxsey
National Temperance Society
Fleet-street
London
Lambeth Election Debate Clarifies Committee Pledge
Charles Jones defends the Lambeth Electoral Committee on the 1850 Lambeth election, arguing they sought a candidate able to cover expenses and uphold anti endowment principles. He disputes claims of a corrupt bargain, cites the 1847 pledge’s meaning, and notes Williams’ future course while distinguishing Hawes’ past votes. Denmark Hill, August 10, 1850.
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Siz
Lambeth
Williams
Pearson
Miall
Burnet
Salomons
Mr. Burnet
Horns
Hawes
Charles Jones
Debate Over Sunday Post Delivery Sparks London Meeting
A letter to the editor argues the Freemasons Tavern meeting on postal Sunday delivery was misrepresented. It claims the crowd included few mercantile leaders and chiefly involved Sunday press workers, dismissing calls for Sunday letters as inhumane to Londoners distant from relatives.
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Dean Str
Freemasons
London
Times
Dispatch
Punch
Sunday Times
Illustrated News
Freemasons’ Tavern
James Irving Scott
Hsq
Three Groans For The Saints In A Post Office Debate
JOHN KENNEDY argues against forcing Post Office workers to labor on Sunday. He cites the Sabbath, questions of civil restraint on trade, and contemplates a Sunday parliamentary sitting as alternative. He recalls editorials by The Times and others and urges unity among good men to ease Sunday labor for postmen.
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the Times
Morning Chronicle
Morning Herald
Stepney
John Kennedy
Gas Company clashes over Regent's Canal bridge cross
At Bridge-street Stepney a violent clash occurred between Commercial Gas Company workers and supporters of the Great Central Gas Company over laying pipes. Police interposed as two men fell into the canal during the mêlée. Both sides later discharged to abstain from further violence.
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Commercial Company
Thames
Central Company
West India
Messrs. Farebrother and Co
St. Peter
Island of
St. Christopher
Court of Chancery
City of
Edinburgh
Lord Gough
Westminster FreeHorp Land Society
St. Martin’s Hall
Long Acre
C. Lushington
Middlesex
East Moulsey
Surrey
London and North-Western Divisenn
Herapath
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